{"id":2440,"date":"2017-07-24T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2017-07-24T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T17:11:57","slug":"irans-real-missile-target-was-not-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/07\/24\/irans-real-missile-target-was-not-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN\u2019S REAL MISSILE TARGET WAS NOT SYRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2441\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Commentary Magazine<\/p>\n<p>By Michael Rubin<\/p>\n<p>On June 18, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missiles into Syria in retaliation for a terrorist attack on Iran\u2019s parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s tomb the previous week. While these missiles appear to have caused no casualties, Iranian officials were clear that their target went far beyond the Islamic State. According to the Tehran Times:<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC aerospace unit, hailed the missile raids, saying any more evil act against Iran will result in \u201ccostly consequences.\u201d \u201cOur enemies should know that Tehran is not London or Paris,\u201d Hajizadeh stated, a reference to the European capitals coming under numerous terrorist attacks over the past years. Iran vowed quick revenge after ISIS suicide bombers and gunmen stormed the parliament and the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on June 7, killing 18 and injuring at least 56. In a statement released after the attacks, the IRGC vowed avenge, saying, \u201cThe spilling of any pure blood will not go unanswered.\u201d Also, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, head of the Iranian armed forces, pledged \u201cunforgettable lessons\u201d to terrorists and their backers after the Tehran assault. Former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei tweeted, \u201cThis was just the beginning of the revenge. Harsher slap is underway.\u201d Rezaei also called the missile attacks \u201cthe message of Iran\u2019s authority\u201d to \u201cthe supporters of terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/foreign-policy\/middle-east\/iran\/irans-real-missile-target-wasnt-syria\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Commentary Magazine By Michael Rubin On June 18, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missiles into Syria in retaliation for a terrorist attack on Iran\u2019s parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s tomb the previous week. While these missiles appear to have caused no casualties, Iranian officials were clear that their target went far beyond the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/07\/24\/irans-real-missile-target-was-not-syria\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IRAN\u2019S REAL MISSILE TARGET WAS NOT SYRIA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1618,15],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-irgc","tag-syria","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}